ecoTrust Marine Conservation Diving Programs

All programs include digital academic materials, all diving, personal instruction, and high quality dive equipment

All eco training dives guarantee a 4:1 student to instructor ratio

Open to all scuba divers with a minimum Advanced certification or equivalent. We can run any recreational training you need before your ecoDiving here at Roctopus.

One Day ecoDives

ecoDives

Learn about our marine conservation projects and participate in two ecoDives with a conservation instructor.

During an academic session, your conservation instructor will introduce you to our incredible local reef ecology, teaching you the important roles of different species from whale sharks and turtles to coral and reef fish, down to the species we can’t even see. You’ll understand how important balance is to the ecosystem and be introduced to the projects we run to restore and maintain this balance.

On your two ecoDives you’ll practise identifying signs of health and stress on the reef, identifying species, and learning how to replant a broken coral fragment.

One Week Program

ecoTrust Diver Program

This 5-day course is a comprehensive introduction to our priority marine conservation projects on Koh Tao.

You’ll get 3 days of training, learning about aspects of our local reef ecosystem, its threats and our strategies for conservation and resoration, and develop your conservation diver skills. Then you join our full ecoTrust team putting your skills into action contibuting to our projects!

This program includes 4 eco training dives and 4 eco project dives, and several academic sessions.

2 Week Program

2 - 4 Week Volunteer

Falling in love with your work? After completing your ecoTrust Diver Program, you can continue to join our ecoTrust team on their daily project dives, assisting with water quality testing, environmental monitoring, coral restoration, and much more!